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Since its founding, more than 175 years ago, the Smithsonian has become the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums, the National Zoo, and nine research facilities. Learn more about our history from Smithsonian Institution Archives » Architectural History & Historic Preservation Division »
- General History
The Smithsonian Institution was created as a federal...
- Smithsonian History
The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum...
- General History
The Smithsonian Institution (/ s m ɪ θ ˈ s oʊ n i ə n / smith-SOH-nee-ən), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge."
After eight years of sometimes heated debate, an Act of Congress signed by President James K. Polk Aug. 10, 1846, established the Smithsonian Institution as a trust to be administered by a Board of Regents and a Secretary of the Smithsonian.
26 Οκτ 2024 · Conceptualized as a university during early discussions, the institution ultimately established by a congressional act in 1846—as a private institution in trust of the U.S. government—was a hybrid of later ideas for a research centre, an observatory, a library, and a museum.
The Smithsonian Institution was created as a federal establishment, not part of the three branches of government, managed by a self-perpetuating Board of Regents. The Smithsonian Regents had to decide how to carry out Smithson's vague mandate and the broad legislation.
17 Ιουλ 2023 · History of The Smithsonian Institution. The Institution was founded in 1846 through a financial bequest by British Scientist James Smithson (1765–1829), the illegitimate son of a Duke.
The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum and research complex, with nineteen museums with over 137 million objects, and nine research centers across the globe. Explore resources on the history of the Institution, beginning with James Smithson’s 1829 bequest to the people of the United States.
